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Description:Excerpt from The Serpent of Division: Edited, With Introduction, Notes and a Glossary The Serpent of Division, the only well-authenticated prose work of John Lydgate, contains the most extensive treatment of Julius Caesar in the remains of Middle English literature. The diligence of the encyclopaedists, in gathering the material of Suetonius, Lucan, and the Commentaries, prevented the growth of a cyclical legend of any great importance about this representative of the 'Worthy Nine'. Local legends in England were confined to the erection of ancient buildings, and to the invasion of the land. Thus the study of Lydgate's sources in my introduction, the larger part of which formed a portion of a doctor's dissertation at Harvard University in 1907, is interesting, not so much in the revelation of ancient legend, as in showing how a mediaeval biographer, like one in our own days of scientific inquiry, went to all the accessible sources and put together what he believed to be the trustworthy account. I am greatly indebted to the late Lord Calthorpe, to the Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, the Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and the authorities of the British Museum, the Bodleian, and Harvard University Libraries, for permission to use their manuscripts and prints of The Serpent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Serpent of Division: Edited, With Introduction, Notes and a Glossary (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The Serpent of Division: Edited, With Introduction, Notes and a Glossary (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Excerpt from The Serpent of Division: Edited, With Introduction, Notes and a Glossary The Serpent of Division, the only well-authenticated prose work of John Lydgate, contains the most extensive treatment of Julius Caesar in the remains of Middle English literature. The diligence of the encyclopaedists, in gathering the material of Suetonius, Lucan, and the Commentaries, prevented the growth of a cyclical legend of any great importance about this representative of the 'Worthy Nine'. Local legends in England were confined to the erection of ancient buildings, and to the invasion of the land. Thus the study of Lydgate's sources in my introduction, the larger part of which formed a portion of a doctor's dissertation at Harvard University in 1907, is interesting, not so much in the revelation of ancient legend, as in showing how a mediaeval biographer, like one in our own days of scientific inquiry, went to all the accessible sources and put together what he believed to be the trustworthy account. I am greatly indebted to the late Lord Calthorpe, to the Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, the Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum, and the authorities of the British Museum, the Bodleian, and Harvard University Libraries, for permission to use their manuscripts and prints of The Serpent. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Serpent of Division: Edited, With Introduction, Notes and a Glossary (Classic Reprint). To get started finding The Serpent of Division: Edited, With Introduction, Notes and a Glossary (Classic Reprint), you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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